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petaurist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
petau-rist
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any flying marsupial of the order Phalangeriformes, such as those in genera Petaurista, Phalanger, Acrobates.

Etymology

From Latin petaurista (“a ropedancer, acrobat”), from Ancient Greek πετευριστής (peteuristḗs), from πετευρίζομαι (peteurízomai, “dance on a rope”), from πέτευρον (péteuron, “a pole, a stage for ropedancers”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

petaurists (plural)

Phrases

flying squirrel

Frequently Paired Words

flying squirrel Phalangeriformes

Synonyms

flying phalanger

Questions

What does petaurist mean?
Any flying marsupial of the order Phalangeriformes, such as those in genera Petaurista, Phalanger, Acrobates.
Where does petaurist come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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